I believe there are a couple of reasons so many of us connected with
Dana. Granted we all grew up with her on television. At the same
time, however, we got to experience her "human" side later in her
life as she struggled to find her way in a world that had passed her
by. Dana Plato always came across to me as a real person as oppossed
to a celebrity. I met her in Las Vegas, played video poker at the
same dives, and shared a few drinks with her. Her overdose was even
more tragic when you consider she has since received more love then
she ever got when she was alive. Dana was a tortured
soul....controlled by a career founded in the past and a future
clouded by fear, addiction, and lonliness. Her final curtain call was
in the tradition of other sad hollywood endings.....She will be
missed......Peace....Matt